Seaman&#39;s net-needle



w. HENDRY. .SEAMANS NET NEEDLE. APPLICATION FILED MAY29, 1920.

Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

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WILLIAM HENDRY, 0F TACOMA, WASHINGTON.-

SEAMAN S NET-NEEDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12, 1921.

Application filed May 29, 1920. Serial No. 385,277.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENDRY, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Tacoma, countyof Pierce, and State of Washington, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Seamens Net-Needles, of which the following is aspecification This invention relates to improvements in. seamensneedles, and more particularly to improvements in needles especiallyadapted for use in making or sewlngnets; the principal object of theinvention being to provide a needle which will greatly facilitate thework for which it is intended, which may be more easily threaded thanare needles now generally in use for doing like work,-and which is ofsuch construction that it is applicable to a special type of machineused for winding thread onto the carrying members within the needlebody.

In accomplishin this and other objects of the invention, have providedthe improved details of construction, the preferred 7 forms of which areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is alongitudinal edge view of aneedle constructed according to the presentinvention. I I

Flg. 2 1s a side V ew of the same.

'Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line gradually tapering, pointedforward ends 3 and rounded rearwardends 4.

The main, body portions of these plates are held substantially parallelin a certain spaced apart relation by two intermediate posts 5 and 6,but forwardly of the post 6 the tapered ends of the pointed portions 3are drawn gradually together. The plates,

rearwardly of the post 5 are curved slightly inward but do not cometogether, rather they leave a substantial opening between their ends.The longitudinal edges of the plates are also curved toward each other,

giving the needle a somewhat round shape, I

which makes it convenient and easy to handle. Y Y

Fixed to .the post 5 and extending toward the post 6 so as not to be inthe way of 7 threads being wound within'the needle, is a plate 8provided with a tapered slot 9,'

whereinto the end of a thread or cord may be placed and drawn inwardlyto hold it while being wound in the needle.

In using the device, the thread or cord to be used therewith is extendedbetween the plates 1 and '2 and drawn into the wedge slot 9 so that itis securely held. The thread is then wound about the posts 5 and 6until. there is a substantial supply within the,

needle. This winding is preferably done by an automatic windin acterdisclosed in.

cludes means for holding the pointed ends of the needle plates apartwhile the device is revolved and thread fed thereonto. In use, theneedle is handled as the ordi- I nary seamans needle in sewingorrweaving nets. but has been found to be more easilyhandled, easier towind a supply of-thread thereon, and of a type that will be relatively Iinexpensive.

What I claim as new, is:

1. A needle of the character described comprising two elongated,opposite face plates, posts intermediate said plates rigidly spacing thesame apart in substantial parallelrelation, said plates being tapered toa point and drawn together attheir forward ends, and spacedapart attheir rearward machine of the char-- atent No. 1,216,994 granted to meon shuttlejwinder, which in-' ends, and a thread holding plate fixed toone of'said posts having a tapered slot therein for holding one end of'athread that may be wound about said'posts 1 the combination withopposite face plates and posts fixed intermediate corresponding ends ofsaid plates to hold the same rigidly spaced, of a thread holding platefixed to one of said posts and extending toward. the opposite post, andhaving a tapered slot therein, for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Tacoma, Washington, this 22d day of May, 1920.

a 95. 2. In a device of the character described,

WILLIAM HENDRY.

